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Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador
Heart’s Content Cable Station
The historic Newfoundland outpost where the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable made landfall.
Riga, Latvia
Riga Radio and Television Tower
The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Marconi Wireless Station Site
The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.
Hoogersmilde, Netherlands
Zendstation Smilde Replica
For a moment, you could think there are two identical communication towers in a row, but one of them is made out of PVC.
London, England
Alexandra Palace Transmitter Mast
The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Airlight Outdoor Telephone Booth
A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.
Fort Myers, Florida
Punta Rassa Telegraph Station
A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Birthplace of the Telephone
A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Muzium Telekom (Telecom Museum)
Malaysia's first interactive museum.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station
This remote historic museum tells the story of the early telecommunications systems in 1800s Australia.
Wall Township, New Jersey
Marconi American Wireless Company Tower
A piece of telecommunications history.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Telephone Pioneer Museum of New Mexico
An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.
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West Chester, Ohio
Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting
The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Porty Light Box
An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Telmex Building
This structure was moved nearly 40 feet while people continued working inside it.
Göttingen, Germany
Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial
It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.
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